BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A Texas police officer who served in Iraq with slain Baton Rouge police officer Matthew Gerald says Gerald knew the dangers of military life and police work. But he was undaunted.

Ryan Cabral, of Temple, says Gerald was “made to serve.”

The 41-year-old Gerald was one of three officers killed Sunday in what police called an ambush by a lone gunman, who also died.